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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "asp/2003/5",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-children-scotland-act-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act of the Scottish Parliament to require the Scottish Ministers to keep a list of individuals whom they consider to be unsuitable to work with children; to prohibit individuals included in the list, and individuals who are similarly regarded in other jurisdictions, from doing certain work relating to children; to make further provision in relation to that list; and for connected purposes.\nThe Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 12th February 2003 and received Royal Assent on 19th March 2003",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act modified (temp.) (20.1.2009) by Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Transitory Provisions in Consequence of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/4), arts. 1(2), 4 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act savings for effects of 2007 asp 14 Sch. 4 para. 42 (28.2.2011) by The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/180), arts. 1, arts. 3-12"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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